Politics

We as a country have to be very alert with Steve Bannon helping run the show. (And I know there have to be a decent number of Republicans among those 60-odd million voters who are human beings and agree — they can’t all think he’s a good guy.)

He’s a very clever guy and a student of history. That means he knows part of his…

Great article and 40-too-many years of life has taught me this:

The clique never goes away — the details of youth are simply traded for the details of “adulthood” (I use that term loosely). I’ve witnessed all of the following occur between supposed “adults” over the last 10 years or so, people who supposedly have learned not…

It is pathetic this is the choice before us. Donald Trump has no business running for the mayor of a small town, let alone President of the United States.

The Republican Party and their “party unity fears,” the two-party system in general, the news media and their perpetuating of the circus, and our system of primaries with…

When considering the news criticism, consider the messenger…

…here in the U.S., there is some conflation between television news reporting organizations, and the larger media organizations to which they belong (e.g. MSNBC is an off-shoot of NBC News, is an off-shoot of NBC the network, is an off-shoot of Comcast (God help…

The Truth about “Free Markets”

The biggest underlying truth is that the so-called free market, is not free at all. It never was.

In the United States especially, it is gamed at the highest levels, not only by Pharmaceutical companies but by banks, telecoms, insurance companies and…

People think NPR is Good?

Help a brother to understand, because I’m not seeing it.

First let me get this out of the way: I am not partisan in any way, shape, or form. I have no love for the Democratic party and less than no love for Republicans. If a person evaluates things honestly…